"Xuanwu Blood Change" is a historical conspiracy novel centered on the Xuanwu Sect. Through ten ups and downs, it reproduces the bloody power struggle between brothers Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng in the early Tang Dynasty. The work begins with Li Yuan being seriously ill, and unfolds the prelude to the collapse of power in the metaphor of the snow on Zhongnan Mountain - Prince Li Jiancheng takes advantage of the situation to evade the Qin Palace, while Li Shimin plans to break the situation based on the "Book of Han". With the advancement of a series of plots such as forging edicts, intercepting granaries, and fighting for jade seals, the suspicion between father and son and the feud between brothers in the shadow of Taiji Palace intensified, and finally a bloody decisive battle broke out in front of Xuanwu Gate. The author cleverly incorporates the poetic contrast of "the forest shows the beauty of the sky, and the city becomes cold at dusk", interweaving the cruelty of power change with the loneliness of the emperor: Although Li Shimin ascended the throne, he still carried the burden of his brother who died in the Weishui River, his father who lost his footing in Qujiang, and the childhood tenderness symbolized by the nickname "Pheasant Slave" embroidered in the crown. The work ends with the blood-stained dusk snow falling on Zhongnan Mountain, questioning the eternal paradox of power and human nature in the gaps of history.
